Trot line holder and setter



April '9, 1935. E. E. VANDERHIDER ET AL 1,997,243

' TROT LINE HOLDER AND SETTER Filed July 28, 1954 Patented A r. 9, 1935 V V a V I 1 97 24 TE i T E-s1 P EN .f *F;i E 1,597,243, y p TROT ,LINE' HOLDER ANDv SETTER I Edgar Vanderhider and John A. Wentrcek, Taylor, Tex.; said Wentrcek assignorto'Frank ,W. Urbis, Taylor, Tex. Q 7 Application July '28, 1934, serial No. 737,443

' 4 Claims. (01. 43-31) This invention relates to a trot line holder and between the same and the side walls 3. At one end setter," namely, a device for holding a trot line of the holder the wall 2 is 'provided'with'a dein compact condition when not in use with the pending portion 2a which forms an end-wall. hooks in guarded condition and in proper posior closure for that endof the holder channel,

5 tion to be released, and whereby the hooks may while at the opposite end the channel of the 5 I be released ,in proper order and the line also holder is open and the side walls 3 at such end 7 released portion by portion insetting it for use of the channel are cut away, as at i, at an upward in the water. or inward angle, such cut away portion exposing The main object of the invention is to provide a the adjacent ends of the flanges d at that end of 10 simple, reliable and efiicie t construction of holdthe holder toenable the, same to be clearly ob do er of the character described with which the hooks served and to facilitate the'int'roductionand remay be readily engaged to hold the line in commoval of the hooks upon' the trot line. The top pact shape for storage and transportation with wall of the holder hassecured theretofa suitable the hooks guarded and protected from injury hand grip or handle 8, preferablyof loop shape,

thereto or to the person handling or carrying whereby the holder and line may be conveniently as the holder; carried and manipulated: v A further object of the invention is to pro- The trot line 9, a portion of which is shown,

:vide a holder of novel construction which faciliis provided atintervalsin the'usual mannerwith tates the engagement therewith and disengagebranches or leaderslil which carry the fish ment therefrom of the hooks and in which the hooks l i. When the line is not in u se itmay be holder proper may if desired, be economically disposed compactly-1n loop form, as shown inFig;

made of a single piece of sheet metal. 1, and supportedin depending positionirom the; 'The invention consists of the features of conholder by engagement of "the hooks'll-"withzthe struction, combination and arrangement of parts, flanges in the channel of the holder, so thatwhile hereinafter fully described and claimed, ref-'- the line will be supported, so as to be conveniently 25" erence being had to the accompaymgdrawing, in hung up or carried or manipulated while being whichzset out, the hooks'carl'ied by the leaders will act Fig. l is a perspective view of the holder illusas line supporting elements which arev disposed trating its mode of use for holding a trot line. in the channel of the holder and concealed and Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof with a portion protected from injury thereto as well as guarded 30 broken away and in section; so as to prevent their exposure and injury to Fig 3 is an end elevation of the holder. persons who might otherwise come in contact Fig. 4 is'a plan view of the blank from which therewith. the holder body is made. In disposing the line for support from the hold- I In carrying our invention into practice we proer the hook of the leader at one end of the'line is 35 vide a trot line holder and setter l comprising an first positioned as shown in Fig. 3 at the oblique elongated channeled body which is substantially end of the holder so as to be inserted into the of inverted U-shape in cross-section and consists passage between the flanges 4 and the guide slotof a top wall 2 and depending side walls 3, which 5, and the hook then slid inwardly toward the 40 side walls 3 are provided with longitudinally exclosed end of the holder, after which the hooks 4,0

tending flange extensions 4 at their lower edges. p the Succeeding leaders are s ve v These flange extensions 4 are bent upwardly from troduced in the same manner until the hooks oi. the lower edges of the walls 3 so as to lie within all the leaders are thus disposed in the channel the channel of the body. As shown particularly of the holder and engaged with one or. the other. 7 in Fig. 3, the flanges 4 terminate below the top of the flanges 4. thereof. When this work is com- 45 wall 2 and project upwardly and inwardly at obpleted the leaders it] will depend vertically from lique angles from theside walls, so that said the holder and the line will be disposed compactly flanges converge upwardly and inwardly with in the form of accordion loops, in which condirelation to each other to provide aspace or pastion the line or the leaders may be bound to main- 5 sage between them. The upper free edges of the tain the line in compact position and prevent its flanges are brought by the converging relation of displacement from the holder and to enable the the flanges to lie'a short distance apart, so as line to be conveniently. stored or transported. to provide a guide slot 5 between them and the When the hooks are thus disposed, it will be seenarrangement of the flanges is such as to form that the shanks of the hooks will lie in. the. paslongitudinally extending pockets or chambers 6 sage between the flanges, while the bights of the 55 holder into ends one not in position in the boat, and the line then set' out where desired by successively sliding the hooks of successive leaders out of the channel at the open end of the holder, baiting each individual hook as removed and then dropping the related portion of the line or leader into the water. The convenience with which this may be done, as well as the convenience in storing away the line again when desired, will be fully and clearly under stood by those versed in theart without a further and extended description.

In practice, and as disclosed, the holder: I may be readily and inexpensively made of a single piece of sheet metal from a blank la of the form shown in Fig. 4, in which the portions of the blank which form the walls of the holder are numbered to correspond with the walls. In producing the from the blank the blank is simply bent, by suitable means, along the dotted indicating lines, so as to produce the completed article.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that our invention provides a simple, inexpensive and convenient type of trot line holder afiording manifold advantages in the storing, setting and handling of trot lines; While this particular construction of holder is preferred, it will, of course, be understood that changes in the form, proportion and details of construction 7 of the holder falling within the scope of the appended 7 claims may be made Without sacrificing any of the advantages of theinvention.

What we claim is:-

1. A trot line holder. comprising an elongated channeled body of approximately inverted U- shape in cross-section and having longitudinally extending flanges at the lower ends of its side walls bent upward into the channel thereof and forming individual hook supporting flanges and a guideslot for the introduction and removal of the. hooks between theflanges.

. 2. A trot line holder comprising an elongated channeled body of approximately inverted U- shape in cross-section and having longitudinally of the flanges to expose the latter.

7 l. A trot line holder comprising an elongated channeled body of approximately inverted U shape in cross-section and having longitudinally extending flanges at the lower ends of its side walls bent upward at an angle in converging relation to each other into the channel thereof and forming individual hook supporting flanges and a guide slot for the introduction and removal of the hooks between the flanges, one end of .said body terminating inwardly of the adjacent ends of the flanges to expose the latter.

EDGAR E.- VANDERHIDER. JOHNA. WEN'IRCEK.

25 the hooks between the flanges, one end of said body terminating inwardly of the adjacent ends 

